The Handmaid's Tale (TV Series)

Smart Power (2018)

Elisabeth Moss: June Osborne

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• June Osborne : [final lines, voiceover]  Moira was Hannah's godmother. Is. Moira is Hannah's godmother. She got out. It was impossible. But she did it. I know I should accept the reality of you being born here. Make my peace. But fuck that.

• Serena Joy Waterford : Offred, I've given it some thought. You'll be leaving the house as soon as the baby is born.

  June Osborne : [long pause, then she shakes her head]  No. The handmaids stay 'till the baby's weaned.

  Serena Joy Waterford : I think we've all had more than enough of one another. Don't you?

  June Osborne : Yes. Mrs. Waterford.

• June Osborne : You know that this can... be a difficult house. Children need to be in a safe place.

  Aunt Lydia Clements : I know what children need.

  June Osborne : Did anyone ever ask you to be a godmother? In the time before?

  Aunt Lydia Clements : I will make allowances for girls in your condition, but... insolence is not permitted.

  June Osborne : This baby is gonna come into this house... very soon. And in my experience, any man who would hurt a woman would hurt a child.

  Aunt Lydia Clements : What are you saying?

  June Osborne : I'm saying... I'm saying this baby needs protection.

  Aunt Lydia Clements : I would never ever... allow anything to happen to this baby.

  June Osborne : Praised be. Aunt Lydia, thank you.

  Aunt Lydia Clements : [picks up bag, starts out, then:]  I was godmother to my sister's child. He died when he was four days old.

  June Osborne : Sorry.

  Aunt Lydia Clements : It wasn't my fault.

• June Osborne : I want my baby to know kindness. I need her to have someone kind. In her life.

  Rita : By His hand. That boy downstairs is maybe 20 years old. And he can tell me to do anything. He can break my jaw, and no one will say boo. I'll do what I can.

  June Osborne : Thanks.

  Rita : Drink your milk.

  June Osborne : [to her unborn child]  There you go. I got you someone.

• Janine Lindo : Has the baby dropped yet?

  June Osborne : No.

  Janine Lindo : It's so crazy, it's, it's just like - foom, there's someone sitting on top of your vagina.

• June Osborne : Mrs. Waterford wants me to leave as soon as the baby comes.

  Rita : She's the boss. It must be what she thinks is best.

  June Osborne : Do you?

  Rita : It doesn't matter what I think.

  June Osborne : When Hannah was baptized, we asked my best friend to take care of her. In case something happened to us.

  Rita : I know what a godparent is. And they don't baptize babies here.

  June Osborne : I know.

• Janine Lindo : When the baby comes, don't forget to ask for your ice cream.

  June Osborne : Serena isn't gonna let me stay.

  Janine Lindo : What? No, that's not fair; you have to nurse her!

  Guardian on bridge : Hey.

  Janine Lindo : She's her Mommy!

  Guardian on bridge : I said be quiet!

• June Osborne : [first lines, voiceover]  This could be an Airbnb. Not a great one. Three-star reviews, maybe. Amazing house. Tons of character. Nice view of the yard. Owners are super-polite but creepy as fuck. Some ritualized rape required. Or it could be a room in a rooming house of former times, for ladies in reduced circumstances. That's what I am now: my circumstances have been reduced. I s'pose I'm one of the lucky ones: I still have circumstances. A chair. Sunlight. I'm alive. I feel the baby move. These are not small things. These are not things to be dismissed. These are the things that are possible in my reduced circumstances: this room, this house, the way to the store and back. Everything else is impossible: Hannah, Luke, a dive bar with great music, a really sharp machete. It does no good to want the impossible.